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Lois Maxwell (born February 14 , 1927 in Kitchener, Ontario ) is a Canadian Actress , best known for her role as Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond franchise.

Maxwell has also appeared in many other Television Series and Movie s both in Britain and Canada, and was the star of '' Adventures In Rainbow Country '' in the late 1960s . Lois lived in Espanola, Ontario for 18 years, close by to where the series was filmed.

She also provided the voice of Atlanta for the science fiction children's series '' Stingray '' in 1963 . In the 1970s , she wrote a popular Newspaper Column for the '' Toronto Sun ''.

In the late 1940s, Maxwell attempted to make a name for herself as a starlet in Hollywood ; she participated in a '' Life Magazine '' photo layout in which she posed with another up-and-coming actress named Marilyn Monroe .

She lives in Perth, Western Australia .


JAMES BOND

Starring in fourteen James Bond movies, many fans credit her as the definitive Miss Moneypenny. She was succeeded by Caroline Bliss and later Samantha Bond who play the same character.



THE BARON

Lois Maxwell made a guest appearance in the ''Something for a rainy day'' episode of the ITC series The Baron , playing insurance investigator ''Charlie''. Her character spends most of the episode wearing an olive green PVC raincoat.


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